Post subject: Re: The toy license for the Hobbit movies has been announced

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:46 pm

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JuliusMarx wrote:

They told me that at the con that they have a LOT more in the works that they can't reveal yet... so we'll see...

I just hope these catch on with the public so we actually get the stuff they have planned. It's a much different retail landscape then when the Toy Biz stuff was in stores. I hope the movie and toyline are both big hits!

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The scale seems off to me. My understanding from the books is that Goblins and Dwarves were compariable in size (i.e. they were both about the same size). Orcs were bigger (human size), but the Hobbit doesn't have any orcs in it, just goblins. The goblins in the toy line are MUCH bigger than the dwarves when they should be about the same size.

I'll probably pick up a couple figures and pretend they are Asgardians for use in my MU collection. The wolf rider is bad ass.

The Goblin King, however, just looks dumb.

Lego is going to get the bulk of my Hobbit merchandise money, but I'll be picking and choosing some of the bad guys.

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Post subject: Re: The toy license for the Hobbit movies has been announced

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:36 am

Disney is not his cup of tea

Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:15 amPosts: 2841

They always have the high end of retail. The prices they charge are the same prices which Diamond charges for stuff. I've never really figured out why someone would just charge the highest suggested retail price unless their wholesale discount was being factored from that price like when you order from Diamond but meh... TRU has always been high so was KB till they died.